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Fundraiser Position
Technical Support
VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION FUNDRAISER “Remote Position” Journey to the Heart Horse Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is looking for a volunteer to serve as its Fundraiser Support. Journey to the Heart is located in Georgetown, Ca. and is an all volunteer organization. Our mission is dedicated to provide education to improving the physical and emotional well-being of both people and horses. Helping people connect with horses and transforming their lives through equine assisted experiences. “Helping people and horses transform lives together” Journey to the Heart provides a sanctuary for people and horses to heal emotionally, physically and spiritually together. Journey to the Heart offers education to people that improves the well-being and connection of both them and horses. VOLUNTEER POSITION: We are looking for someone interested in fundraising, to help raise funds for the organization. The fundraiser's responsibilities include researching fundraising opportunities and helping to implement them, reading fundraising email received by the organization, recruiting sponsors and volunteers, and encouraging support through promotional activities. Fundraiser Responsibilities: Researching potential sponsors. Writing funding proposals and sending these to potential sponsors. Creating marketing and promotional activities. Developing fundraising events. Maintaining records of sponsors. Organizing campaigns that will lead to donations. Training volunteers. We estimate 2-10 hours a week with flexible hours. We would like a six-month commitment. This position will report to the Board President at this time. This is an excellent opportunity to add this opportunity to your resume, be a supporting part of a team making a difference in the lives of people and horses and to personally gain highly-valuable experience using these tools in an online environment.
VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION TECHNICAL SUPPORT “Remote Position” Journey to the Heart Horse Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is looking for a volunteer to serve as its Technical Support. Journey to the Heart is located in Georgetown, Ca. and is an all volunteer organization. Our mission is dedicated to provide education to improving the physical and emotional well-being of both people and horses. Helping people connect with horses and transforming their lives through equine assisted experiences. “Helping people and horses transform lives together” Journey to the Heart provides a sanctuary for people and horses to heal emotionally, physically and spiritually together. Journey to the Heart offers education to people that improves the well-being and connection of both them and horses. VOLUNTEER POSITION: We rely on the following tools and applications: Google, Constant Contact, Wix, Social media channel administration (Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn) We need an experienced self-directed, tech savvy person(s) to help us with technical issues that come up. Also if interested serve as a Website or Facebook administrator, if it is a good fit. This person also needs to be willing to help out those who are less tech-savvy to walk them through necessary steps to complete an issue. The time commitment is highly variable depending on the skills and interests of the volunteer. This position requires someone who has enjoys research, writing, and is self-motivated, reliable, organized, thorough and timely. We estimate 2-10 hours a week with flexible hours. We would like a six-month commitment. This position will report to the Board President at this time. This is an excellent opportunity to add this opportunity to your resume, be a supporting part of a team making a difference in the lives of people and horses. Also personally you would gain highly-valuable new skills and experience though this organizations platform by if interested utilizing the classes and continued education literature in which the organization has access to as a Non Profit.
VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION GRANT WRITER “Remote Position” Journey to the Heart Horse Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is looking for a volunteer to serve as its Grant Writer. Journey to the Heart is located in Georgetown, Ca. and is an all-volunteer organization. Our mission is dedicated to provide education to improving the physical and emotional well-being of horses. Helping people connect with horses and transforming their lives through equine assisted experiences. “Helping people and horses transform lives together” Journey to the Heart provides a sanctuary for people and horses to heal emotionally, physically and spiritually together. Journey to the Heart offers education to people that improves the well being and connection of both them and horses. VOLUNTEER POSITION: Grant Writer is responsible for researching, developing and writing grant proposals for the organizations and will persuasively communicate the mission and program's to potential funders. The Grant Writer will assemble and submit grant requests, establish and maintain personal contact and relationships with granter contacts, conduct prospect research, and maintain a calendar of submissions and other deadlines. This position requires someone who has enjoys research, writing, and is self-motivated, reliable, organized, thorough and timely. Grant Writer Responsibilities: Work with team to develop and implement an annual development plan/strategy to increase annual grant income, Develop/write grant proposals to foundations and grantmaking organizations, persuasively communicating organization’s mission and programs to potential funder's; Assemble/submit grant requests, including letters, proposals, budgets, and presentations; Conduct prospect research; Report progress in grant research, grant submission and outcome to Board President. We estimate 2-10 hours a week with flexible hours. We would like a six-month commitment. This position will report to the Board President at this time. This is an excellent opportunity to add this opportunity to your resume, be a supporting part of a team making a difference in the lives of people and horses. Also personally you would gain highly-valuable new skills and experience through this organization's platform by utilizing the classes and continued education literature in which the organization has access to as a Non Profit.
Administrative Assistant
VOLUNTEER JOB DESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
“Remote Position” Journey to the Heart Horse Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is looking for a volunteer to serve as its Administrative Assistant. Journey to the Heart is located in Georgetown, Ca. and is an all volunteer organization. Our mission is dedicated to provide education to improving the physical and emotional well-being of horses. Helping people connect with horses and transforming their lives through equine assisted experiences. “Helping people and horses transform lives together” Journey to the Heart provides a sanctuary for people and horses to heal emotionally, physically and spiritually together. Journey to the Heart offers education to people that improves the well-being and connection of both them and horses. VOLUNTEER POSITION: Administrative Assistant is responsible for making phone calls, creating documents, data entry as needed, special tasks including research, reading emails, typing up letters, filling out paperwork. This position requires someone who has enjoys research, writing, and is self-motivated, reliable, organized, thorough and timely. We estimate 2-10 hours a week with flexible hours. We would like a six-month commitment. This position will report to the Board President at this time. This is an excellent opportunity to add this opportunity to your resume, be a supporting part of a team making a difference in the lives of people and horses. Also personally you would gain highly-valuable new skills and experience though this organizations platform by if interested utilizing the classes and continued education literature in which the organization has access to as a Non Profit.
Join our amazing team who are passionate about helping people and horses
Grant Writer
Social Media / Web Design Help
We are seeking a volunteer with Web Design/Social Media experience to assist us in developing content for blogs, posts and tweets on various social media platforms. Knowledge and understanding of technology issues affecting not-for-profit organizations is a plus.
Looking for an individual who has the ability to work under supervision and /or independently as a designer/developer/programmer of a wide variety of web projects. We use Wix as our platform.
The ability to handle the production and editing of graphics, producing online documents, video sources is desirable.
Horse Care
Most of our horses have been abused, abandoned, or discarded. They deserve the best we can give them. The horses can never get enough attention, whether it’s through grooming, hoof care, body work, handling, cleaning stalls, socializing, or simply getting a little love. We are looking for experienced horse handlers.
Because we operate on private residential property, we do not have an “open barn” policy. We schedule all volunteers and visits by appointment only.
Facility Maintenance
There is always something that needs to be done around the Sanctuary barns,
paddocks, or pastures. If you can help with minor repairs or maintenance such as fence and gate maintenance, structure repairs, feeder/waterer repairs, sweeping out the stalls, blowing the barn areas, or other unexpected repairs, we could use your help. We also need occasional help installing new fencing, re-configuring panels, setting things up, redoing the stall mats......
Please fill free the reach out to us and share with us your talents.
Also ask about Micro-Volunteering!
